महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-342, verse-3

अहमात्मानमात्मस्थमेक एवात्मनि स्थितः ।
कर्तुं काङ्क्षामि नेच्छामि बद्धः साधारणैर्गुणैः ॥३॥

3. ahamātmānamātmasthameka evātmani sthitaḥ ,
kartuṁ kāṅkṣāmi necchāmi baddhaḥ sādhāraṇairguṇaiḥ.

3. aham ātmānam ātmastham ekaḥ eva ātmani sthitaḥ kartum
kāṅkṣāmi na icchāmi baddhaḥ sādhāraṇaiḥ guṇaiḥ

3. aham ekaḥ eva ātmani sthitaḥ ātmastham ātmānam kartum
kāṅkṣāmi sādhāraṇaiḥ guṇaiḥ baddhaḥ na icchāmi

3. I desire to establish my own self (ātman), the singular one dwelling within myself, independent of ordinary material qualities (guṇa). I do not wish to be bound by these common qualities (guṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own (ātman) (the self, soul, myself)

• आत्मस्थम् (ātmastham) - situated in the self, dwelling in the soul

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, singular

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - within myself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, within oneself)

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, established, standing

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to establish (my self) (to do, to make, to perform)

• काङ्क्षामि (kāṅkṣāmi) - I desire, I wish, I long for

• न (na) - not, no

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I do not wish (I wish, I desire)

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

• साधारणैः (sādhāraṇaiḥ) - by ordinary, by common, by general

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by material qualities (guṇa) (by qualities, by attributes, by modes of nature)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - my own (ātman) (the self, soul, myself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self (ātman)

आत्मस्थम् (ātmastham) - situated in the self, dwelling in the soul

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmastha

ātmastha - situated in the self, inherent in the self

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+stha)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective suffix
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ātmānam'

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, singular

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - within myself (ātman) (in the self, in the soul, within oneself)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self (ātman)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - situated, established, standing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, abiding, firm

Past Passive Participle

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'aham'

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to establish (my self) (to do, to make, to perform)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Root: kṛ (class 8)

काङ्क्षामि (kāṅkṣāmi) - I desire, I wish, I long for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kāṅkṣ

Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I do not wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, restrained, fettered

Past Passive Participle

Root: bandh (class 9)

साधारणैः (sādhāraṇaiḥ) - by ordinary, by common, by general

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sādhāraṇa

sādhāraṇa - common, general, ordinary, belonging to many

Note: Qualifies 'guṇaiḥ'

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - by material qualities (guṇa) (by qualities, by attributes, by modes of nature)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, property, virtue, (modes of material nature)